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GLOBE CLOCK.

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G. JEAGER. GLOBE CLOCK.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

GUSTAVE JEAGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MARGARET JEAGER, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOBE CLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,871, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed January 20, 1899. Serial No. 702,771. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE JEAGEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Clocks or Timepieces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in clocks or timepieces, and has for its object to so construct a clock as to pro- Vide for the registration of the hours, minutes, and seconds upon globes, the hands being made stationary, while the globes are caused to revolve, the entire mechanism being inclosed within said globes.

A further object of my invention is to so adjust the weight of the globes by arranging one directly above the other in a vertical line and supporting them upon pivoted spindles as to reduce the friction incident to the revolving of the globes to a minimum.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a clock made in accordance with my improvement; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof; Fig. 3, an enlarged detail perspective of a portion of the main or hour globe, showing the arrangement whereby the actuating mechanism may be wound; Fig. t, an enlarged section of the stationary sleeve around which the hour-globe revolves, being taken at right angles to Fig. 2, so as to show the set-screws for holding this sleeve stationary within the standard; and Fig. 5, a section at the line a; of Fig. 2, showing the plan of a train of gears for revolving the secondsglobe.

In carrying out my invention as here ourbodied, A represents the base of the clock, which may be of any suitable design and having projecting upward therefrom the standard or upright B. This latter is of such a shape as to support the several globes composing the clock as well as the hands for in dicating the time.

0 represents the hour-globe, which is made in two sections secu red together by the screwthreads D, and the upper section has a web or partition E extending across its greatest diameter for supporting the actuating mechanism contained within the casing F. This casing is secured to the web by screws, and the mechanism contained therein may be that used in watches, and I therefore do not deem it necessary to enter into a detailed description of this mechanism. A sleeve G is secured within the standard B by means of the setscrews H and has upon its lower end a gearwheel I, and with this gear meshes the pinion J of the actuating mechanism, and as this gear is stationary it follows that the revolving of the pinion by the mechanism will cause said pinion to travel around the gear I, consequently carrying the web G therewith. WVith a properly-adjusted actuating mechanism it is obvious that the revolving of the globe'O will correspond to the revolving of the hour-hand of a watch or clock, so that to indicate the hours it is only necessary to provide a stationary hand or pointer, and such a hand is provided at K, it being attached by the screws L to the standard and curved downward through ninety degrees, so as to register with the figures M, arranged about the equator of the globe.

The globe G is provided with a spindle N, the lower end of which is tapered and rests in a socket formed in the upper end of the adjusting-screw 0, while the upper end of this spindle is provided with a socket in'which the lower end of the center post P is seated. A pinion Q, is secured upon the lower portion of the center post and meshes with a gear R, carried by the pinion J, so that in the revolving of the pinion J around the stationary gear I the pinion Q will be caused to revolve in a reverse direction, making twelve revolutions to each revolution of the globe C or twenty-four revolutions in each twenty-four hours.

The minute-globe Sis secured to the upper portion of the center post, and therefore revolves therewith, and has the figures T arranged thereon, so as to indicate the minutes when registering with the stationary hand or pointer U, secured to the standard by the screws V. The standard B has an extension B secured to its upper end, in which is set a stationary hollow post 7, and this latter has secured thereon the socket-post TV, supporting the frame Y. This frame carries the train of multiplying-gears shown in Fig. 5, which consists of the gear Z, secured upon the upper end of the center post P, which latter passes through the hollow post W and socket-post V, and the gear Z meshes with the pinion a, which carries the gear I), in turn meshing with the pinion d. This last-named pinion is secured upon the lower end of the spindle e, to which is secured the third globe f, so that the revolving of the center post will cause this globe to revolve through the train of gears just described and at a speed producing fourteen hundred and forty revolutions in twenty-four hours, and as this globe has marked thereon the figures g, corresponding with the seconds, the stationary hand or pointer h will indicate the seconds by registering with these figures.

A key-stem 2' projects outward from the actuating mechanism and registers with the hole or openingj, formed in the upper section of the globe C, so that when it becomes necessary to wind the clock the lower section of this globe is unscrewed until the holej appears, through which a key may be passed for the winding of the stem, after which the key is withdrawn and the sections of the globe again brought to their proper relative positions.

Of course I am aware that slight modifiea tions might be made in the mechanism here shown without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to these exact details, since the gist of the invention rests in the broad idea of arranging a series of globes one above the other and providing suitable mechanism for their actuation to indicate the time in 0011- nection with stationary hands or pointers.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is The herein-described combination of a suitable base, a standard projecting upward therefrom, a sleeve secured within the standard, a primary globe journaled upon said sleeve so as to revolve, a gear-wheel formed upon the lower end of the sleeve, a watch mechanism secured within the globe and adapted to revolve the globe by meshing with the gear, figures arranged around the equator of the globe, a stationary hand adapted to register with said figures to indicate the hours, a center post passing through the sleeve, a pinion secured upon the lower portion of said post and meshing with the watch mechanism in such manner as to be revolved thereby, a secondary globe secured to the upper portion of the center post, figures arranged around the equator of said secondary globe, a stationary hand adapted to register with said figures so as to indicate the minutes, a hollow post TV, a frame supporting a train of gears arranged within said frame, a spindle journaled in an extension of the standard, a third globe secured upon said spindle so as to revolve therewith, a pinion carried by the lower end of the spindle and meshing with the last named train of gears so as to be revolved thereby, and a stationary hand adapted to register with the figures upon the last-named globe, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto atfixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSIAVE J EAGER.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL STUART, L. W. MORRISON. 

